Sen. Sessions:
“I am humbled to have been asked by President-elect Trump to serve as Attorney General of the United States,” Sen. Jeff Sessions said in the statement. “My previous 15 years working in the Department of Justice were extraordinarily fulfilling. I love the Department, its people and its mission. I can think of no greater honor than to lead them. With the support of my Senate colleagues, I will give all my strength to advance the Department’s highest ideals. I enthusiastically embrace President-elect Trump’s vision for ‘one America,’ and his commitment to equal justice under law. I look forward to fulfilling my duties with an unwavering dedication to fairness and impartiality.”

Rep. Mike Pompeo
“I am honored to have been given this opportunity to serve and to work alongside President-elect Donald J. Trump to keep America safe. I also look forward to working with America’s intelligence warriors, who do so much to protect Americans each and every day,” said Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.), Trump’s choice to lead the CIA.

Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn
“I am deeply humbled and honored to accept the position as National Security Advisor to serve both our country and our nation’s next President, Donald J. Trump,” said retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn in the statement.

President-elect Trump seems to be working hard to bring the GOP back together after a contentious primary, and giving a post to Huckabee is a big part of that. But I was worried we’d see Huckabee in a cabinet post where I’d be less than happy with his impact — but this is perfect.

Judging from the reaction at Huffpost, they appear to be excellent choices.

Secondly, irrespective of policy, all three appear to have excellant qualifications and compentency, as compared to the last administration whereby the selections were based on gender/race first and compentency/qualifications were the least consideration.

Third, Trump is surrounding himself with highly qualified and independent individuals instead of unqualified yes men to stroke his ego.

Good choices, but I am concerned that he may pull to many strong conservative voices from Congress who can be replaced with who knows what. I think the real test for Trump will be who he nominates for SCOTUS.

Gremlin, there certainly is merit behind your concerns, however it can also be said that such a situation lends itself in allowing other “newer” conservative voices a chance to rise up and be heard. There will be enough of the “old forest” conservatives to lead the way, but much can be said about letting “new growth” conservatives have a chance to grow up and grow stronger…

That being said, I must admit that DC is more of a poisonous Jungle than it is an ordered Forest…

It must be working…. I just saw an article on Yahoo (yeah… I know but I use the mail because I like to make sure every product manufacturer knows what color and kind of underwear I use) that was headlined,

“8 Terrifying Facts About Jeff Sessions, Our New Attorney General”.

Now that’s pretty cool. Trump might not be much of a politician but he sure would have been a good dermatologist for the way he gets under people’s skin.

Funny, they keep saying how the Trump transition is in disarray, but he has five appointees. Obama, W, and Slick Willie had none ( IIRC). Bush 41 had four but he was really more of a continuation of Reagan rather then an all out transition.